PAHATH-MOAB pā hăth mō’ ăb (פַחַ֥ת מﯴאָ֛ב; Φαὰ̀θ Μωάβ, a ruler of Moab). A family name derived from an individual who held some office in Moab.

According to Ezra 2:6, descendants of Pahath-moab, numbering 2,812, returned from exile under Zerubbabel (cf. Neh 7:11). Another group of 200 of Pahath-moab’s descendants returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:4). Some of them married foreign wives (10:30), but at least one helped Nehemiah rebuild the wall (Neh 3:11). This family participated in the “firm covenant” in Nehemiah 9:38 and 10:14.